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The Northeast (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Martin Luther King (Philadelphia, PA) in overtime by a score of 56-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Martin Luther King	15	12	7	14	4	52
Northeast	12	14	13	9	8	56

Final score provided by S. Novosel.

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Game Stats

Northeast (22-23)

Martin Luther King

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	52
3	Benito Scott (Fr)	9
4	K. Long-Mtume (So)	32
5	Javon Wilson (Sr)	5
22	Dwight Martin (Sr)	3
30	Chris Pajuste (Sr)	3

Northeast

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	188	56	18	49	37	39
0	Kyree Williams (Jr)	12	4	2	4	50	50
1	Michael Freeman (So)	32	4	1	6	17	17
1	D. Witherspoon (Jr)	29	4	2	4	50	50
3	Jason Coffer (Sr)	8	6	2	4	50	75
3	Bobby Perry (So)	8	0	0	2	0	0
4	Darrius Gaeta (Jr)	28	19	6	10	60	60
10	Sharif Wallace (So)	12	0	0	1	0	0
33	J. Lee-womack (Jr)	27	4	0	4	0	0
33	K. Williams (Sr)	32	15	5	14	36	36

Martin Luther King

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	52
3	Benito Scott (Fr)	9
4	K. Long-Mtume (So)	32
5	Javon Wilson (Sr)	5
22	Dwight Martin (Sr)	3
30	Chris Pajuste (Sr)	3

Northeast

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	188	56	2	16	13	18	26	69	16	33	48
0	Kyree Williams (Jr)	12	4	0	1	0				2	3	67
1	Michael Freeman (So)	32	4	0	2	0	2	2	100	1	4	25
1	D. Witherspoon (Jr)	29	4	0	1	0				2	3	67
3	Jason Coffer (Sr)	8	6	2	3	67				0	1	0
3	Bobby Perry (So)	8	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
4	Darrius Gaeta (Jr)	28	19	0	1	0	7	8	88	6	9	67
10	Sharif Wallace (So)	12	0				0	2	0	0	1	0
33	J. Lee-womack (Jr)	27	4				4	5	80	0	4	0
33	K. Williams (Sr)	32	15	0	7	0	5	9	56	5	7	71

Martin Luther King

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	52
3	Benito Scott (Fr)	9
4	K. Long-Mtume (So)	32
5	Javon Wilson (Sr)	5
22	Dwight Martin (Sr)	3
30	Chris Pajuste (Sr)	3

Northeast

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	188	56	8	26	34	8	16	4	25	18
0	Kyree Williams (Jr)	12	4	1	1	2		1		2
1	Michael Freeman (So)	32	4	1		1	3	5		5	1
1	D. Witherspoon (Jr)	29	4	1	9	10	1	5	1	3	3
3	Jason Coffer (Sr)	8	6		1	1					2
3	Bobby Perry (So)	8	0		1	1	1			2	2
4	Darrius Gaeta (Jr)	28	19	1	4	5	2	1		8	4
10	Sharif Wallace (So)	12	0	1	2	3	1		2		1
33	J. Lee-womack (Jr)	27	4		5	5		1	1	1	1
33	K. Williams (Sr)	32	15	3	3	6		3		4	4

Misc Totals

Martin Luther King has not entered any misc totals stats.

Northeast

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.32	0.64	0.89	0.22	20
0	Kyree Williams (Jr)		0.50
1	Michael Freeman (So)	0.60	1.00	5.00		6
1	D. Witherspoon (Jr)	0.33	1.67	1.67	0.33	6
3	Bobby Perry (So)	0.50
4	Darrius Gaeta (Jr)	0.25	0.13	0.25		3
10	Sharif Wallace (So)				2.00
33	J. Lee-womack (Jr)		1.00	1.00	1.00	1
33	K. Williams (Sr)		0.75	0.75		4

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Northeast holds off Martin Luther King

January 10, 2023: Philadelphia, PA 19111

Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Northeast Vikings (Philadelphia, PA) and the visiting Martin Luther King Cougars (Philadelphia, PA), saw Northeast's basketball squad hold off Martin Luther King by a tally of 56-52.

With the victory, Northeast improves its record to 9-3 on the campaign. The Vikings host High School of the Future (Philadelphia, PA) to confront the in a Philadelphia Public - Liberty challenge on Thursday, January 12. The come into the challenge with a record of 3-7. High School of the Future lost 65-45 in their recent league challenge against String Theory (Philadelphia, PA)

Next up, the Cougars confront the Audenried (Philadelphia, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 11. Martin Luther King will attempt to improve on its 1-7 season record. The come into the challenge with a 5-3 record after their 67-55 league loss to Constitution (Philadelphia, PA).

Players of the Game

Martin Luther King (22-23)

Martin Luther King has not selected any Players of the Game.

Northeast (22-23)

Congratulations to #4 Darrius Gaeta for being selected the Northeast Basketball Player of the Game.

MLKHS @ Northeast Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 10, 2023 @ 3:15p

The Northeast (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Martin Luther King (Philadelphia, PA) in overtime by a score of 56-52.

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Rankings & Records

Martin Luther King (22-23)

PA	Class
571	103

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-14	2-9	1-8	3-5	0-1	.222	.182	835	997

Northeast (22-23)

PA	Class
266	75

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-7	7-4	8-3	5-4	1-0	.667	.636	1,105	1,063

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Martin Luther King	12.6	9.8	11.9	13.4	5.5	46.4
Northeast	15.2	11.5	12.9	12.2	8.0	52.6

Team Stat Comparison

Martin Luther King		Northeast
46.8	Points Per Game	52.6
-	Rebounds Per Game	33.1
-	Assists Per Game	11.4
-	Steals Per Game	10.7
-	Blocks Per Game	4.1

Team Leaders

Martin Luther King		Northeast	National Avg.
#4 Keon Long-Mtume23.9	Points Per Game	#33 Kameren Williams15.7	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Dernel Witherspoon6.5	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Darrius Gaeta4.4	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#4 Darrius Gaeta3.0	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#1 Dernel Witherspoon1.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Martin Luther King	2-10		Northeast	9-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/22	Martin Luther King	South Philadelphia	(W) 46-44	12/15/22	South Philadelphia	Northeast	(W) 54-28
12/13/22	George Washington	Martin Luther King	(L) 41-38	12/29/22	George Washington	Northeast	(W) 60-44
				1/5/23	Northeast	George Washington	(W) 49-41
12/15/22	Frankford	Martin Luther King	(L) 54-52	1/24/23	Frankford	Northeast	(L) 59-35
12/20/22	Paul Robeson	Martin Luther King	(L) 62-53	12/3/22	Paul Robeson	Northeast	(W) 55-53
				1/19/23	Northeast	Paul Robeson	(W) 61-48
12/22/22	Martin Luther King	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 57-29	1/31/23	Northeast	Academy at Palumbo	(L) 63-49
1/5/23	Martin Luther King	Central	(L) 44-35	12/8/22	Central	Northeast	(L) 52-30
1/12/23	Martin Luther King	Boys' Latin Charter	(L) 70-51	12/13/22	Northeast	Boys' Latin Charter	(L) 53-49
1/17/23	Martin Luther King	High School of the Future	(W) 67-39	1/12/23	High School of the Future	Northeast	(W) 59-38
1/23/23	Abraham Lincoln	Martin Luther King	(L) 70-41	1/27/23	Abraham Lincoln	Northeast	(W) 71-57
1/24/23	Carver High School of Engineering & Science	Martin Luther King	(L) 54-36	1/17/23	Carver High School of Engineering & Science	Northeast	(W) 42-40
2/23/23	Martin Luther King	Carver High School of Engineering & Science	(L) 53-37
1/26/23	String Theory	Martin Luther King	(L) 61-49	12/20/22	Northeast	String Theory	(W) 51-46

Record Breakdown

Martin Luther King (22-23)		Northeast (22-23)
4-14	Overall	14-7
2-10	League	7-4
0-3	Non-League	3-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-10	Common Opponent	9-4
1-8	Home	8-3
3-5	Away	5-4
0-1	Neutral	1-0
2-1	Playoff	0-1
4-14	In-State	14-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0